A2noun · rare

fry

fry · fries

чип, чипси

малёк

Setzling, Fischbrut

A long, thin fried piece of cut potatoA long, thin fried piece of cut potato.

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/fɹaɪ/

» Tom hit Mary with a frying pan.

Том ударив Мері сковородкою.

Meaning

12 senses

(Canada, US, usually plural)A long, thin fried piece of cut potato.
(broadly, usually plural)A long, thin fried piece of other foods.
halloumi fries
(Ireland, UK)A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
(Australia, New Zealand)The liver of a lamb.
(US, usually plural)A lamb or calf testicle.
(uncountable)Young fish; fishlings.
Fischbrut, Setzling
малёкmaljók
a young person of either sex
(UK, dialectal, uncountable)Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
(UK, dialectal, uncountable)The spawn of frogs.
A kind of sieve.
A drain, usually made of brushwood.
(archaic, colloquial)A state of excitement.
to be in a fry
(archaic, uncountable)A swarm, especially of something small.
a fry of children

Examples

555 sentences

Tom hit Mary with a frying pan.
Том ударив Мері сковородкою.
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Why did you fry only one egg?
Чому ти підсмажив лише одне яйце?
ruПочему ты пожарил только одно яйцо?
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I want a cheeseburger, a coke and some fries.
Я хочу чізбургер, колу та картоплю фрі.
ruЯ хочу чизбургер, колу и картошку фри.
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We have other fish to fry.
У нас є важливіші справи.
ruУ нас есть дела поважнее.
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Tom ordered an open-faced sandwich with a side of fries.
Том замовив бутерброд і картоплю фрі.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

young fish:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

young fish:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cog

Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”). Related to bhurji, bhujia (“fried Indian snacks”).

From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prey- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”). Likely merging with Old French froiz, froie (“spawn, spawning”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”). Compare friable.

Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”).

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Forms

plural: fries

Singular	fry
Plural	fries

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms

chipB2 liverB1 prairie oyster Rocky Mountain oyster tendergroinFrench fryfry-up

Close in meaning

English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907):Christopher Fry
English painter and art critic (1866-1934):Roger Fry Roger Eliot Fry
a young person of either sex:child kid youngster minor shaver nipper small fry tiddler

Word family

14 related words

Derivedstir-fry cottage fries fish fry fries fry sauce glottal fry home fry lamb fries lamb's fry tornado fry vocal fry fryling sac fry small fry

Collocations

10 patterns

frying pan
eat fried rice
fried an an
fish to fry
fried rice
fried chicken
to eat fried
eat fried
to fry an
like fried